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Queen’s to host next two Vanier cups

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

Queen’s University and the City of Kingston have been selected to host both the 2023 and 2024 Vanier Cup Championships.It will mark the first time that Queen’s has hosted the Canadian University football championship dating back to 1965, with Toronto playing host every year until 2004.Queen’s Athletics Staff along with representatives from U Sports were joined by Queen’s Principal Patrick Deane and Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson, as well as the Vanier Cup itself, to make the announcement on Thursday morning at Richardson Stadium.Kingston becomes the eighth city to host the championship, and U Sports Chief Sport Officer Lisette Johnson-Stapley said Queen’s -and Kingston’s- application for the two championships was a compelling one.“U Sports is thrilled to partner with the Queen’s University to present this 58th edition of the Vanier Cup,” Johnson Stapley said in a release.“The facilities, the city itself, where it is in Ontar...

Frontenacs miss out on 2024 Memorial Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

The Kingston Frontenacs will not be hosting the 2024 edition of the Memorial Cup, with the selection committee instead choosing the Saginaw Spirit in Michigan.This will be the first time since 1998 that an American CHL team has hosted the Memorial Cup and the first time ever for an OHL team based in the USA. In a statement on Wednesday, the Frontenacs said they were disappointed in the decision because despite the strength of all four team’s -Niagara, Sault Ste. Marie, Saginaw, and Kingston- bids, they felt they had a winning combination in their own.“The Kingston Frontenacs would like to congratulate the Spirit and understand the difficult decision the Selection Community had to make with four great cities bidding for the right to host the event,” the statement reads.“The Kingston Frontenacs and our city are disappointed with this announcement as we feel Kingston checked all the boxes needed to not only host the 2024 Memorial Cup, but win the prestigious tro...

Democratic analyst: Assault weapons ban bill not going to pass

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Sources tell FOX31 that Democrats at the state Capitol have pulled a bill that would ban so-called assault weapons in Colorado. The proposal was introduced earlier this month and was set for its first hearing on Wednesday in the House Judiciary committee, but it was suddenly removed from the agenda.The bill "prohibits a person from manufacturing, importing, purchasing, selling, offering to sell, or transferring ownership of an assault weapon." DPS board president: Anderson violated several board policies “Through sources, I’ve been told it just wasn’t going to pass. It didn’t have the support we thought,” FOX31 political analyst and Democratic strategist Andy Boian said on "Colorado Point of View." "The end result was that it wasn’t going to pass, and the end result is the Democrats pulled the bill," Boian said.Assault weapons bill likely to die in committeeGroups, including Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, threatened lawsuits and other action if an assault weapons ban p...

Heavy rains trigger flood advisories across Miami-Dade, shut down parts of US 1 in Miami for hours

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

Soggy streets across South Florida sparked flood advisories in some areas of Miami-Dade County and led to hours-long lane closures along U.S. 1 in Miami.The rainfall began to peter out by Thursday afternoon but not before it dumped inches of rain across the county.Between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m, radar estimates included 5.5 inches in Sunrise Harbor, 3 inches in Key Biscayne, 3.2 inches in Coral Gables, 3.2 inches in Miami and 3.9 inches in South Miami.Near Miami International Airport, 3.28 inches of rain were reported, a new record.7Skyforce hovered above heavy flooding along U.S. 1 near Southwest 32nd Street in Miami. Standing water covered two northbound lanes near a McDonald’s restaurant, as drivers continued heading north on the left lane.Further south, U.S. 1 is closed southbound near Bird Road. The floodwaters caused multiple vehicles in this area to stall out, as bumper-to-bumper southbound traffic stretched north to Interstate 95.Among the drivers who found themselves str...

Alcaraz turns away Fritz to reach semifinals in Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The hopes of American men’s tennis rest largely on the talented rackets of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.But a Spanish roadblock named Carlos Alcaraz is in the way – never more illustrated by the last few days at the Miami Open.Two days after routing the Australian Open semifinalist Paul, the top-ranked Alcaraz took his spectacular arsenal to the highest-ranked American man in No. 10 Fritz and blasted into the semifinals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at Hard Rock Stadium.Before a packed crowd that included John McEnroe and was split in support, Alcaraz broke Fritz’s serve in the first game. He used that one break to squeak out the first set and finished the match in tidy 1 hour, 18 minutes. Alcaraz faced just two break points and turned away both chances as he improved his match record to 18-1 in 2023.“I took the opportunity of every break point I had,” the Spaniard said. “I was solid and aggressive at the same time.”This was the first meeting between the two and ...

Tkachuk has hat trick in Panthers’ 5-2 win over Canadiens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk had his fifth career hat trick and one assist to lead the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.With his second goal, Tkachuk became the fourth player in NHL history to have 100 or more points in consecutive seasons after changing teams in the offseason. He joined Wayne Gretzky (1987-88, 1988-89), Jimmy Carson (1987-88, 1988-89) and Mike Rogers (1980-81, 1981-82) in achieving the feat.Anton Lundell added two goals and one assist and Alex Lyon made 18 saves while helping the Panthers to its second win in a row and a season series sweep of Montreal.Sean Farrell scored his first career goal and Rafael Harvey-Pinard had a goal for the Canadiens, who dropped their second in a row. Sam Montembeault made 25 saves.Farrell opened the scoring 1:23 into the first period when the rookie took a shot from along the boards that was mishandled by Lyon and went in.Lundell tied it at 4:09 with his 11th of the season after Monte...

Scientists investigating health effects of airborne toxin from blue-green algae

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

It’s a tiny, microscopic plant, but it’s packed with toxins that could have a huge impact on our health, and right here in South Florida, the work is underway to see how blue-green algae might be impacting two of our most vital organs. 7’s Kevin Ozebek has tonight’s 7 Investigates.This unique deep freeze is the UM Miller School of Medicine’s “Brain Bank,” and Dr. David Davis is on a mission to see if some of the human brains stored here contain traces of a specific toxin.Dr. David Davis, UM Miller School of Medicine: “Toxins can easily gain a foothold into the brain just by smelling.”The toxin he’s searching for is called BMA.It’s just one of the toxins produced by common, canal-clogging blue-green algae.Kevin Ozebek: “We know that this algae is here. Do we need to take precautions if we live on the water and see a bloom?”Dr. David Davis: “I think so.”And this is the reason why: for the first time, Dr. Davis examined ...

How to become an MP

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Stitcher .st0{fill:#EB8A23;} .st1{fill:#FAC617;} .st2{fill:#612368;} .st3{fill:#3792C4;} .st4{fill:#C33727;} Acast In the week Jeremy Corbyn was blocked from running again as a Labour MP, host Aggie Chambre takes a look at the secretive world of MPs’ selections — and learns how insidery cliques, funding ...

No sex please, we’re British tourists in Amsterdam

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column.Terrible news for the summer holiday plans of the Friends of Boris Johnson Association … Amsterdam no longer wants rowdy British tourists.The authorities in the Dutch city, famous for its easy access to drugs and sex and absolutely nothing else (the Rijksmuseum? Never heard of it!), have had enough of badly behaved groups and launched a campaign to encourage them to go somewhere else instead. People who Google terms such as “stag party Amsterdam,” “cheap hotel Amsterdam” or “pub crawl Amsterdam” ahead of a visit to the Dutch city will have to sit through short videos stressing “the risks and consequences of nuisance and excessive alcohol and drug use,” the city of Amsterdam said in a statement. “Cheap hotel Amsterdam” seems a particularly harsh search term to target seeing as the average price of an overnight stay in the city is one signed Vermeer. “Coming to Amsterdam for a messy night + getting trashed = €140 fine + c...

UK Tory MPs accused of plotting ‘chicken runs’ to safer seats

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:52 GMT

LONDON — In his 2019 election victory speech, Boris Johnson thanked first-time Tory voters for putting their “sacred trust” in the Conservative Party.“Your hand may have quivered over the ballot paper before you put your cross in the Conservative box,” Johnson told voters in former Labour strongholds. “I am humbled that you have put your trust in me and you have put your trust in us. I, and we, will never take your support for granted.”Three years later, senior Tories are concerned that with polling showing the opposition Labour Party on course for a landslide victory, MPs in those landmark but now vulnerable Red Wall seats are considering fleeing to safer ground.Changes to the U.K. constituency map mean politicians of all stripes are scrambling to claim and reclaim territories ahead of an election due by the end of 2024. A few MPs are forced to hunt for new seats because the boundaries of their current ones are being substantially redrawn. But half a dozen or more are using minor c...